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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Erna's Poppy Seed Cake

I got this recipe from my friend Erna, who makes fabulous German Pastries and is an excellent baker. This cake has a poppy seed cake base, a custard filling covered in chocolate. How can this get any better.

CAKE:

3 eggs separated

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup oil

pinch of salt

1/4 cup milk

1 cup flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 chopped nuts, any is fine but I used almonds

1/2 cup poppy seeds

1 tsp. vanilla

Separate egg yolks and egg whites

beat whites until stiff peaks form

beat eggs and sugar separately

add oil to the egg yolks

fold in the dry ingredients including nuts and vanilla

gently fold in the egg white

bake in a greased 9x13 pan for 30 min. @ 350

BUTTER ICING:

1/4 cup butter

2 egg yolks

1/2 cup icing sugar

Spread evenly over cooled cake.

CHOCOLATE TOPPING

3 squares of semi-sweet chocolate melted with 2 TBSP butter

Pour over top.

Add toasted almonds over top when chocolate is still wet, optional.

NOTE: It is best to cut the cake into desired serving pieces before the chocolate sets and is still soft. Keep cold, and is good right out of the freezer.

I'm pretty sure I can taste that through the blog!!! Wow! For the middle layer, it says "1/2 cup incing sugar" - is that supposed to be icing sugar, like powdered sugar or is there really a thing called incing sugar because I'm totally clueless!!?? I really do want to make this!! YUM ~ ♥

I can't wait to try this!! Thanks so much for the clear-up and I'm guessing that icing sugar is powdered sugar. If that's wrong, just e-mail me (Sbams5@gmail.com) and I'll be on my merry way - I love it here!

Just surfed in..love your blog..i WILL be trying that buffalo chix recipe you posted...just wanted to post, my hubbys favorite aunts name was Erna, its not a name you hear very often..thanks for reminding me of her this holiday season :-)....(she was quite the German baker as well!!!)

hello anonymous.....nope the eggs are raw and you just mix it like an icing. don't let that freak you out with raw eggs. but if you are uncomfortable with it just do it without. i have been using raw eggs in recipes for a long time and havn't had any concerns, but use your own judgment.

I am so happy to have found this as my mom has a similar recipe but she wrote no instructions and just scratched out a list of ingredients. It was her favorite Mennonite recipe which she referred to as tweeties. This was her last baked good, she made for us to taste the weekend she was tragically killed in a car accidnt. thanks so much.Carlie

Haylie, I am glad that you have found the recipe that brings so many dear memories to you.I am so sorry for your loss.I have another recipe that is similar and instead of poppy seeds it has shaved chocolate in it.

Jessica, I'm sorry you did not get a reply on this in time, obviously ... but the custard is not a cooked custard. You beat the soft butter with the rest of the ingredients and spread it ... yes it's raw eggs ... so use your own discretion on that.

It's been 2 days and all I can think about is baking, baking, BAKING!! I need to get this out of my system and I JUST bought some poppyseeds and forgot to use them, so this is perfect. I've never had this cake before but I'm excited to give it a try!